Ticket-holder.



G. E. LONG.

TICKET HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, 1913.

1,062, 1 74 Patented May 20, 1913.

lwvewtoz CLARENCE E. LONG, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1913.

Application filed January 4, 1913. Serial No. 740,190.

v To all whom it may concern:

State of Indiana,

- Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. Lone, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders, of which the following isa specification,

reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to improvements in ticket holders and has for itsprimary object to provide a simple and inexpensive device which may becarriedin the vest pocket and will contain a large number of street cartickets.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterhaving improved structuralfeatures whereby the tickets are securely heldin position in the holder, while at the same time they may be easily andquickly extracted therefrom.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter consisting of a body provided in one wall with a finger-.neath said opening, caps receiving opening, means arranged within saidbody to hold the tickets in place beremovably arranged upon the ends ofthe body and having slots through which the tickets are adapted to beprojected, said body havlng compressible side walls whereby the caps maybe-readily removed from the ends of the body.

Still another object of the invention is to roduce a holder for car orother tickets which consists of comparatively few parts which are ofsimple form, said holder ineluding reversible end caps which, when theholder embodying constructions,

eifectually prevent loss holder.

'scription and accompany-mg drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ticket the present invention;Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectiontaken on the line 3-3 of Fig. v1; .and Fig. 4 is a detail the recessesor sockets fragmentary perspective view showing the posltlon of one ofthe caps reversed.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the body of the holderwhich is coni structed of resilient sheet metal and is preferably ofelongated rectangular form and of requisite size to receive an ordinarycar ticket. One of the walls of this resilient metal body isprovidedwith a finger receivlng opening 6 and atopposite ends of this opening,said wall is split or separated as indicated at 7. The particularpurpose of this construction of the body will be more fully pointed outin the following descrip- 1011.

The hollow rectangular bodyof the holder is open at both ends and withinthe same a coil spring 8 is centrally located. One end of this spring isfixed to the inner face of a longitudinally disposed plate 9 which ismovable between the opposed side walls of the holder. The ends of thisplate are slightly curved inwardly as indicated at 10 to facilitate theinsertion of a plurality of. tickets between said plate and the wall ofthe holder body which is provided with the opening 6. The opposed sidewalls of the body 5 are provided at each of their ends with indentations11. Over the open ends of the body, .the caps 12 are adapted to bedisposed. Each of these caps consists of a body portion the edges ofwhich are flanged as indicated at 13. The end flanges of these closurecaps are inwardly punched to provide protrusions 14 thereon to bereceived in formed by indenting the side walls of the holder body. Eachof the caps 12 is also provided at the juncture of one of thelongitudinal flanges 13 with the body thereof, with a longitudinal slot15.

In the use of the device, the slots 15f0f the closure caps 12 aredisposed contiguous to .the ends of the openings 6 in the body wall oftheholder, and when 1t is desired to extract the ticket from the holder,the .user places his thumb in the opening 6 and forces the outermostticket longitudinally in either direction, to project the end thereofthrough one then grasped by the fingers and withdrawn from the holder.The spring 8 within the holder acts to yieldingly holdfthe outer ticketin frictional engagement with the body wall around the edges of theopening 6, and in extracting the ticket, the operator of the slots 15.The ticket is 7 presses inwardly to overcome the tension of said spring.When all of the tickets have f been extracted, and it is necessary to-refill the holder, the operator sim ly presses inwardly upon theopposite si e walls of the body and thereby disengages the ends of theside walls from the protrusions 14 of the I exerted upon the side Walls,there caps. By splitting the top wall of thebody at the ends of theopening 6 therein, the 0pposed portions of said wall may be moved withrelation to each other when pressure is y permitting of the easy" andquick removal of the caps. One of the caps may now be readily removedand any number of tickets to the limit of the capacity of the holder maybe readily inserted therein, byv simply placing .the ends of the ticketsagainst the inwardly gaged. Thus the ticketswill be held againstlongitudinal movement and their loss obviate From the foregoing, it isbelieved that. the construction and manner of operation of my improvedticket holder will be fully understood. v

The invention is Very serviceable and convenient in practical use andadmits of a large number of tickets being carried in the pocket withoutdanger of unintentionally withdrawing the same along with otherarticleswhich may be contained in the pocket.

' At the same time, the tickets may be easily and quickly removed fromthe holder or extendedtherefrom and presented to the conductor. Allliability of more than one ticket being inadvertently given is overcomeby the use of the. device. m

It will of course be understood that the 5 device may be made in varioussizes to contain tickets used for different purposes.

The holder is preferably nickel-plated and .may be provided with otherornamentation to render the same neat and attractive in appearance.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction andarrangement of the several elements, it will be understood that theinvention is susceptible of considerable modification Without departingfrom the essential features or sacrificing anyof the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is z.

A ticket holder comprising a body constructed of resilient sheet metaland open at both ends, one wall of said body being provided with afinger-receiving opening said Wall at the ends of the opening bein ltudinally split, means arranged wit in t e bodyto yieldingly hold aplurality of tickets in position beneath said. 0 ening, closure caps forthe ends of said he y, each of said caps having marginal flangesto'engage over the body Walls, the corresponding flanges and walls ofsaid caps and body havingco-.

engaging means to removably retain the 7 caps on said body, each of saidca s at the juncture of one of the marginal anges of the body therewithbeing rovided with a slot through which the ticl ets are-adapted. to beprojected, said'capsbein ada ted for arrangement upon the ends o the odytov dispose the slots therein adjacent the wall of the body which isopposite the fingenreceiving opening in the'opposed wall thereof. Intestimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two,witnesses.

I CLARENCE E. LONG] Witnesses:- I i PETER A. THOMPSON, FRANCESSOHLATTER;

